Kadji, Canes edge Clemson for much-need victory

Shane Larkin finished with 11 points and Trey McKinney Jones added 10 points
for the Hurricanes (24-6, 15-3 ACC), who had dropped three of their last four
conference games after a 14-0 start in league play.

Miami has the No. 1 seed locked up for next week's ACC Tournament. It's the
second league title in school history. The Hurricanes shared the 2000 Big East
crown.

"That's not the last net I plan on cutting down," Jones said. "The sky's the
limit for us. If we play together, we have so many weapons."

Jordan Roper netted 12 points for Clemson (13-17, 5-13), which dropped its
last six tilts and 9-of-10 to close out the regular season.

A K.J. McDaniels layup pulled the Tigers within 29-27 five minutes into the
second half, but the Hurricanes countered with a 9-1 spurt to build their
first double-digit lead of the contest.

Kadji hit a jumper and 3-pointer around Milton Jennings splitting a pair from
the foul line. Durand Scott then converted a layup and capped the flurry with
two free throws for a 38-28 Miami margin.

After Devin Booker converted back-to-back layups, Larkin nailed consecutive
triples, sandwiched around a Bernard Sullivan jumper, to push the advantage
back to 44-34 with 7:51 to go.

Clemson never got within eight the rest of the way.

"We just didn't do enough good things to win," Clemson coach Brad Brownell
admitted. "In the second half offensively we struggled a little bit."